Ryota Kobayashi is back in the live stage role of Tanjiro Kamado in the third Demon Slayer play, which is gearing up to adapt the mega-successful Mugen Train storyline featured in the record-breaking anime film and the latest TV anime season. Performances of “Butai Kimetsu no …Read more »
2021 was a big year for anime, which means we had plenty of awesome opening theme songs to jam to along the way. Japanese website Anime! Anime! recently polled its readers to find out which OPs were their favorites from the past year, and 741 …Read more »
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train continues to slay records over a year after its release. This time, the film slashed its way to #1 on the 2021 DVD sales charts in Japan. That’s the first time an anime film has hit …Read more »
After lighting the charts on fire with her previous Demon Slayer themes, LiSA is back for more with the opening theme song for the TV anime version of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc. “Akeboshi” is one of two songs featured on …Read more »
Now that the dust has settled on its theatrical and digital debuts, it’s time to look ahead to the arrival of the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Blu-ray. The record-breaking feature is on the way in a standard edition from Funimation and a limited edition from …Read more »
Looking over at Japan, anime home video sales for general audiences (meaning not just for kids) went up 57.5% since 2020. Much of the credit for this impressive hike goes to (no surprise) Demon Slayer. During the first half of the year, these sales made …Read more »
The Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie just hit home video in Japan, where it immediately broke some more records. Next up for English-speaking audiences is the digital rental and purchase launch on July 22, and Funimation has plans of its own on that same day. …Read more »
The Demon Slayer movie is out to buy in Japan, and it’s already broken records. The day it was released it sold 218,000 regular-edition DVDs and 268,000 limited-edition Blu-ray Discs. Regular edition Blu-ray Discs and limited edition DVDs were also released. These numbers add up …Read more »
As if the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train needed more accolades, another big one was just revealed this week. The producers of the film took home the top honors from the 40th annual Fujimoto Awards, which are given out by the Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyokai (Film …Read more »
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train came in fourth place in during its fourth weekend in the U.S. box office, where it made about $1.77 million. In total, it’s made about $41.9 million in the U.S. so far. Godzilla vs. …Read more »
Mortal Kombat nabbed the top spot of the American box office over the weekend, but Demon Slayer: Mugen Train came in second place and broke records as a foreign film. The Hollywood Reporter said that Mortal Kombat earned $22.5 million over the weekend and played …Read more »
The accolades keep rolling in for the Demon Slayer movie. Mugen Train may have missed its stop as an Academy Awards nominee, but it did manage to take home the Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year at the 44th Japan Academy Awards. …Read more »
After months of watching the Demon Slayer: Mugen Train movie shatter box office records in Japan and break through in other regions, it’s finally time to mark our calendars for the North American release. The film is heading to theaters, including 4DX and IMAX screens, …Read more »
While we continue to wait for a full release of the Demon Slayer movie in North America, Japan is already looking ahead to the record-breaking feature’s home video debut. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is set to touch down on DVD …Read more »
You can’t keep Demon Slayer down for long! The mega blockbuster technically came in second place in the Japanese box office this past weekend, but it made more money over the weekend than the movie in first place. This weekend Demon Slayer sold approximately 97,000 …Read more »
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